I Went from Reading 40 Books a Year to Reading 0
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I Went from Reading 40 Books a Year to Reading 0
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#2It sounds to me like you are reading books which more or less belong all to the same niche. The gradient going from a lot to a few seems natural.
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#3I don't want to challenge my existing beliefs with new knowledge or points of view, unless it can be expressed in a sentence or two on the internet.
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#4If you confine yourself to self-help and “business” books you’re going to run out of things to read.
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#5I am begging you to pick up some fiction instead.
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#6I try not to read too much more non-fiction than fiction. A few non-fiction books have had a great impact on me, but on the whole I've gotten a lot more from the fiction. Not only limiting yourself to non-fiction but further narrowing your scope to self-help books that can be effectively condensed into short summaries is a huge blunder, in my opinion.
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#7I needed to hear this: I have an ever-growing list of books I want to read, with topics ranging from the Mossad, to drug trafficking in Southeast Asia, to how to build better habits, to political theory, and some history.
A few days ago, I tried but failed to remember the name of a (main) character from Narcotopia.
When I'm reading, I'm so immersed in the story that I feel I'm living it. It brings me immense pleasure. But, to get the most out of it, I think I have to switch to studying them in detail, taking notes, etc.
Of course, I'll still read for pleasure, but my reading will have to slow down so I can squeeze more out of it. I hope some other people on HN see this comment and consider it too.
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#8It sounds to me like you are reading books which more or less belong all to the same niche. The gradient going from a lot to a few seems natural.
Yeah, that was my thought too - law of diminishing returns is at play.
Expanding one's area of literary interest is key here. Look at what Bill Gates does with his quarterly reading list - so many different genres, topics, etc. Keeps things fresh at the very least!
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#9I had a very ambivalent reaction to this blog post. Most importantly, I find the author's relationship to reading quite odd. Basically, all he talks about is reading self-help books. Not really any reading for pleasure, nor does he discuss reading to learn about other non-self-help related topics that might interest him, just for learning's sake.
So he seems to approach reading primarily from a "how is this going to improve my life", usually from some sort of productivity-enhancing, "always be hustling" mindset. So I'm not surprised at all that he's found diminishing returns in this endeavor.
Don't mean to sound too harsh, but I actually did read his entire post and throughout the whole thing I kept thinking "Maybe try chilling TF out and just reading something you enjoy."
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#10Please read more fiction. Why should everything be about becoming a 'better' person? Why not enjoy a good story? Unconsciously you will learn something, even from fiction.